I wonder how long it took him to get this right.

Star Wars Weekends will be going on through the months of May and June, I'm so jealous I won't be there!! They are having special celebrity guests and I would love to meet them. Yes little Karen is a Star Wars fan, I can't help it. I also liked the series but then when they introduce Hayden Christensen as Anakin in Episode II, I was hooked... he's a heart-throb, and his birthday was last week ... yeah I know his birthday.  Sorry, tangent. ANYWAYS here is the full schedule of who and when guests are coming:

MAY 20-22

• Anthony Daniels (C-3PO)
• The Clone Wars Special Guest: Dave Filoni (Supervising Director)

MAY 27-29

• Anthony Daniels (C-3PO)
• Bruce Spence (Tion Medon)
• The Clone Wars Voice Talent Guest: Dee Bradley Baker (Captain Rex)

JUNE 3-5

• Ray Park (Darth Maul)
• Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett)
• The Clone Wars Voice Talent Guest: Matt Lanter (Anakin)

JUNE 10-12

• Ray Park (Darth Maul)
• Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca)
• The Clone Wars Voice Talent Guest: Tom Kane (Yoda)

I expect a lot of pictures to be uploaded and if anyone is attending wants to get "Karen, let the force be with you" ..... signed by anyone I would be forever grateful! 

Another tangent ; anyone notice how great and grateful are spelled differently? Does anyone know why this is? Yes this is random and no I didn't misspell it and have the annoying red line pop up but I'm just curious.  I've also been drinking a little. It's friday, sue me : p

"Oh, he's so handsome... just like his reward posters."

I was surfing the web and came across another blog which was talking about a new book that came out about Disney's secretaries.  This got me to thinking that as much as I've be interested in Disney, I never felt the need to know about Walt Disney himself; therefore ...Things about Walt Disney that I didn't know until today!

• He married his first official secretary
• His father was Canadian, and abusive
• He attended McKinley High --- that's for the Gleeks out there : ]
• He tried to join the army at 16 but was rejected for being too young
• He joined the Red Cross and drove a cartoon-covered ambulance in France
• He had a problem managing money which led to his first company going bankrupt
• Oswald was created before Mickey, he lost the rights to Oswald so he needed a replacement character
• He held the Technicolor patten for two years
• He felt guilty for the death of his mother, he bought his parents a house near his studios and a faulty furnace caused her to die
• He was diagnosed with cancer when he went in to get x-rays of an old polo injury
• He created and funded Cal Arts

Fascinating, at least to me.

and ooohhhhh my goodness I would die if this could be mine, it's so cute! Hint to Chris, if you wanted to do something special this would be it ... http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/04/be-a-royal-princess-at-walt-disney-world-and-now-at-home/ too bad it's a few hundred dollars. A girl can dream.

Other news:
The show I'm in the band has been canceled, never watched it personally ... apparently neither did anyone else
Armie Hammer from The Social Network is in talks to star in The Lone Ranger
Suite life series will finally end next week... thank bob. I strongly dislike Debby Ryan, I am not thrilled she's getting her own show
The Royal Wedding is tomorrow, so everyone, including Disney can stop talking about it!
Dooney and Bourke have designed a bag for the 40th anniversary of WDW
On Monday, Disney will be announcing the September 2011 free dining plan to the public, DVC holders already got an email about it
I think that's it.

Almost everyone who's been to Disney knows about the kitchen sink correct? It is on my bucket list as well as the bucket lists of ice cream fanatics all over the world! Well now the recipe has been released in a youtube video showing us how to make our own kitchen sink : ] Who wants to take a trip to Roche Bros.?

"It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change"

Things have been pretty hectic lately as school comes to a close and I find myself more stressed out than I have been in months.
Only a little over 100 days til I'll be in Disney, thank bob
6 more days of class
14 days til the end of finals
Now if only I could find a summer job and my parents could make up their minds and pick a house, I'd be all set.  Yeah, they're planning on moving now that I'm suppose to be done with school and I'm totally fine with it other than the small detail of being homeless once they leave. Sorry Maine, I have no interest in living in you again.
But onto more things Disney related:
I forgot to mention this the other day, but Brazil is rumored to be added to EPCOT, yay more drinking around the world!
The Thunder Mountain ride in Disneyland France had a malfunction which caused 5 people to be injured.  Apparently one of the big rocks fell on them during the ride.  Only one was in bad enough condition to be taken to the hospital, poor guy
There's an art show coming to D-Street on May 14th if you're interested in that sort of thing. You can see the whole collection on DisneyDStreet.com, I personally like this one...

There was a Lemonade Mouth flashmob at an Apple store in LA led by one of the stars of the movie, the choreographer and a few backup dancers
Disney is making some of their hotel rooms into health and wellness suites or princess themed to draw in new customers, aka make more money
The Animal Kingdom Lodge not only celebrated it's 10th anniversary but was also awarded the AAA four diamond status which I guess is a big deal, so congrats to them
that's all the news I can think of at the moment ...

Go read this

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AXXJoF/epicx3.com/2011/01/04/winnie-the-pooh-blatantly-promotes-drug-use/

then go watch this, Disney banned it

http://www.indyarocks.com/videos/Walt-Disney-Banned-Donald-Duck-Nazi-Cartoon-421164

And now you know ... cause it's Mike's Super Short Show!

I haven't found too many interesting Disney-related things to talk about for the past few days but today I came across an article that suggested that Apple should look into buying Disney.  Not only did this catch my eye, it made me pretty mad.  Apple is trying to expand it's horizons because every other company is now copying them and they need to look into the future which is smart don't get me wrong, but the author of this article had the nerve to compare Steve Jobs to Walt Disney and say that he was the Disney of our day ... umm excuse me,  NO ONE IS ON WALT DISNEY'S LEVEL.  Could you even imagine seeing that stupid apple logo on Disney products? Disney is Disney, they will not be owned, they will own. I think they should buy out Apple just out of spite.
Demi Lovato quit Sonny With A Chance, not like we didn't see that coming but since she is Sonny, it's only a matter of time before the show is canceled.  It's been on hiatus since she went into rehab anyways, might as well just cancel it before the new season starts.
The Avengers movie will be the first Marvel/Disney film to be released if anyone cares. It's springfest at my school and the theme this year is superheroes so it's relevant in my life at least haha.
Tokyo DisneySea is reopening on the 28th, woot
Lemonade Mouth premiered last Friday, soooo much better than the suite life movie. Rivals Camp Rock in my opinion.
Glee's Chris Cofler aka Kurt is writing a Disney pilot! I have no idea what it's about but I love that kid so I hope it's good. It's based off the book "The little leftover witch" ever heard of it? me neither

In other news, I found my roommates, all five of them lol. They're hilarious and I cannot wait to meet them in person and just to go down to Florida in general. How many more days?

"I create feelings in others that they themselves don't understand."

Who else thinks that Mickey should be on dancing with the stars? I mean that'd be awesome! ABC is owned by Disney after all. If I wasn't so lazy I would totally email them and request a Disney themed episode, someone should get on that.

or or or ... America's Next Dance Crew? I would die if Randy Jackson came on and was like "yo, Mickey is mah dawg yo!" not that he ever appears on that show. Yes, I do have too much time on my hands.

 

Also according to Forbes, Scrooge McDuck is the wealthiest fictional character of 2011 so far lol that's a fun fact if I ever heard one. He beat out characters such as Iron Man, Batman, and Mr. Monopoly ... you go Scrooge!

"Hurry now, Percy. We must be all squeaky clean for the New World. "

Pictures of Beast's Castle!!! is it 2012 yet?

   

Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Snow White are headed in to the Disney Vault, go buy them quick! and when I say them I mean Snow White, as far as I'm concerned, the others should have never been out of the vault.

And last but not least, EPCOT is selling a double decker bus.  For a simple price of $400,000 this beauty could be yours!

 

"It was a wonderful phrase. It has some rhythm. Laduda Ladada. No, that wasn't it."

Haunted Mansion has themselves some new ghosts, and I can't wait to see them, I love that ride!

Disney Cruise lines announced their itineraries and homeports last week for 2012, I'm still bummed they won't make one out of Boston, I mean hey, we have a harbor... well, they added more that was announced today which you can read more about here.

There may or may not be a Tron 3 coming out , tis a rumor but I wouldn't be surprised. Hollywood is sequel crazy.

Still making my way through the list of Disney animated movies.  Last night was The Lion King 2 and The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.  Currently I'm watching The Lion King 1 1/2 and then Chris suggested The Little Mermaid so that'll probably be on the agenda.

"Don't you understand, Tink? You mean more to me than anything in this whole world! "

I read that Tokyo Disney is going to partially reopen this weekend. That would be amazing considering everything that's been happening in Japan, hope it works out.  In other news, Fantasyland is getting a castle! Beast's castle to be precise.  It's suppose to be a part of a new Beauty and the Beast restaurant which will open next year : ]

I've been having issues sleeping at a normal time over the past few days so I've decided to make my time spent awake productive by watching a lot of Disney movies. I forgot how much I liked Treasure Planet, and I can finally say I saw the animated version of Peter Pan, yeah I know, how could I not have seen Peter Pan? Well I've seen it 1000 other times and have seen parts of the Disney movie but I never saw the whole thing at the same time, but now I have so yay me.  I also watched Sleeping Beauty last night, it was another nice Disney filled night.  Now what should I watch tonight?

P.S. I hate Tinkerbell ...

this guy and the one man Disney medley guy should meet...

Space Mountain troll, lol

Challenge Day: 30

Challenge Day 30: Favorite statue, fountain, or eye candy in the parks? 





The End.

Challenge Day: 29 ... almost done!

Came home this weekend to celebrate my birthday with my parents and it ended up being a disaster, even more than my actual birthday.  Just as I'd given up hope, my wifey texted me saying I should check my front door and when I did I found balloons and a birthday card, one of the balloons was of Cinderella : ] She made my night a lot better. Simple gestures, it's all it takes to make me happy.


Challenge Day 29: Your Favorite Monorail Color



Pink, because it's pink. Doesn't get much deeper than that.

"Bibbity, Boppity, Boo"

I watched Cinderella last night for the first time in a long time. I remember why I love it so much, it's just amazing.  I do have my pet peeves about it though but I have pet peeves about pretty much everything. Firstly, her dress is white, not blue. I hate that everyone portrays it as blue ... IT IS NOT BLUE.  Secondly, I don't get why her wedding gown is much less glamorous than her ball gown but maybe because the Fairy Godmother didn't make it? idk.  Lastly, no one falls in love in a few hours with someone they don't even know the name of, sorry Prince Charming.

I read today that Disney is getting sued by Russell Marcus over Muppet Workshops.  He's claiming that they're breaching their contract and all this other stuff.  I bet Disney will win, I wouldn't go up against them, not like they don't have the money anyways.


Challenge Day 28: Your Favorite Theme Park



I spent the most time here and it has a castle, how could I not love it?

Challenge Day: 27

Challenge Day 27: Your Favorite Walt Disney Quote

This is actually the background on my computer : ]

Happy Birthday to Me!

Disneyland Shanghai is starting to be built this week and should open in 2016. Even though this is pretty cool, I'm pretty sure the last thing China needs is more people in it, just saying.  Also, Tron legacy came out on dvd today, twas a decent movie. I stumbled upon this which made me smile a little bit, thought you'd might enjoy it too if you're familiar with the deadly sins.

Today is my 22nd birthday! and I've done nothing fun.  Started the day off with a test and almost got blown over in the wind which was a blast.  All I've done is stuff my face and now I'm comatose which would be fine if I didn't have a quiz to study for. Most people I've talked to have had a poopy day too so that makes me feel a bit better. Poor Chris had car trouble on his way home from school, cars hate him.  But to cheer myself up, time to continue the Challenge. Ironically, one of the options is "saddest death" but that's far too depressing so lets go with option 2.

Challenge Day 26: Your Favorite Souvenir

I have two that I can't choose between. First is my autograph book. I love going back and seeing the messages the characters wrote.


Second is my "Passport" from the countries in EPCOT. Filling it in was the only good memories I have from that park, this and the fireworks.

"Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime."

I watched Bambi for the first time last night instead of studying for my biopsych test. Not only did I do horribly on the test but that movie is so not suitable for children! I always heard it was sad but I had no idea it was that sad.  The mom dies and Bambi even gets hurt and then he has to fight for Faline and his forest gets set on fire and his dad is basically never around until he has to be ... that's a lot to happen in 67 minutes.  If you haven't heard, Angelica, Penelope Cruz's character in the new Pirates movie is coming to Adventureland later this month (oooo, aaahhhhh) Anyways, I can't find a good challenge for day 25, all the options I've seen are boring but I'm doing them anyways so here it goes:

Challenge Day 25: Favorite Activity Outside the Parks but on Disney grounds



Explore. Explore Disney, explore the hotels, explore the shops ... it's all fun.

Also, Mickey and friends made an appearance at a basketball game recently.

"Rat patootie does not sound delicious"

Challenge Day 24: A Movie That Makes You Cry

I've never cried at a movie unless I was laughing or scared so I can't really fill this in.  However, the census seems to be UP, The Lion King, or Bambi for making people cry. My friend tells me I have no heart all the time because of this fact.  Just because I can't get emotional over a movie or a book or a friggen greeting card does not make me heartless. Would a heartless person work for Disney? I don't think so! Speaking of Disney, Monster's Inc. is on right now, and Ratatouille was on earlier, it's been a nice Disney day : ]

P.S. two days until my 22nd birthday
P.P.S. 129 days until Disney!!

Challenge Day: 23

Challenge Day 23: Scariest Ride?





I have this thing with elevators in general, so clearly this ride terrifies me. Love the movie though.

Challenge Day: 22

Challenge Day 22: Your Favorite Parade



I like the lights ...

P.S. Star Tours departures are out, voila!

Winnie the Pooh Clip, being released in July!